New Zealand - Samoa
- Party at Mulinu'u.
- From the album: Skerman family album
- circa 1916
- Maker unknown
Samoa
- Officially the Independent State of Samoa
- The capital city is Apia.
- Discovered and settled by the Lapita people around 3,500 years ago.
- A unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions
- A member of the Commonwealth of Nations
- Western Samoa was admitted to the United Nations in 1976.
- The entire island group, which includes American Samoa, was called "Navigator Islands" by European explorers due to the Samoans' seafaring skills.
(Reference: Wikipedia)
Image source: Party at Mulinu'u. From the album: Skerman family album, circa 1916, Samoa, maker unknown. Te Papa (O.041906)
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1453630